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It may come as a surprise that YouTube, the world’s most popular video platform with more than a billion users each month, still isn’t profitable. Two people familiar with the company’s finances told...

Move over Amazon and Netflix, there’s a new original video content player in town. In what most will view as a way to shed the stigma of illegal behavior, peer-to-peer file sharing platform BitTorrent recently announced plans to distribute an…

Chinese handset maker Xiaomi is making a serious play for the living room. The company on Tuesday revealed intentions to invest $1 billion to develop Internet TV content in an effort to capitalize on the fact that China became the…

Broadcast TV network CBS last week announced that it is planning to create original shows for a number of streaming video services. The announcement was made by CEO Les Moonves during the company's earnings call.

Netflix and HBO have a somewhat healthy competition going between each other. While normally looking from the bottom up, Netflix made some major strides in catching up to HBO's popularity last quarter.

In an attempt to take on big names like Amazon, Netflix and Hulu, Yahoo has announced two original series of its own. The two TV-length shows will be half-hour comedies and will launch on Yahoo Screen next year.

Microsoft’s first major wave of original programming is set to debut on June 13 under the banner Xbox Originals. The first 12 projects, which will be available for Xbox 360, Xbox One and other Microsoft devices, include a variety of…

DirecTV is expected to acquire Hulu by the end of the month as part of an acquisition deal that could be worth more than a billion dollars. Multiple sources have told PandoDaily that a deal is imminent and the satellite…

Hulu recently announced they have doubled the number of paid subscribers over the course of the last year despite the fact that founding chief executive Jason Kilar stepped down last month. Reaching four million paid subscribers is a noteworthy milestone…

Netflix recently outlined their vision for the future which, surprising to nobody, will see online streams completely replace traditional means of watching television. The company makes some compelling arguments in the 11-page document titled “Netflix Long Term View”, highlighting a…

Netflix is hoping that 2013 will be a breakout year for the company with regards to how people think about the service. The company that was once known for offering DVDs by mail before providing streaming video is now getting…

Not to be outdone by Netflix and Hulu, Amazon has announced plans to produce exclusive content for its video streaming service. The e-commerce giant has ordered the making of pilots episodes for six original comedy series, which will be written by individuals with varying degrees...

YouTube launched 100 original content channels driven by celebrities and media companies a year ago. The $150 million experiment seems to be paying off as the Google-owned video destination has ordered up 60 additional channels as part of a new round of funding.

Attempting to further differentiate itself from competitors such as Netflix, Amazon and HBO Go, Hulu has announced it will be adding four unique, in-house titles to its growing library of shows. Earlier this year, Hulu announced it would allocate $500…